We’ve got a lot to be grateful for this year. A panties-wearing Laurel and a 20/20 Allen, a mostly healthy Terry, and an exuberant Kelsey. We’ve weathered storms this year (and continue to) that would shake the foundations of most families I know. We hope next year will be a bit more boring.
Thanksgiving prep was [...]
I have discovered a new contraceptive, one that even the Catholic Church may support. Americans will embrace this idea with gusto, and it’s possible that the politicians may climb on board once they discover that not only is there very little cost associated with putting it into practice, but that it also further endorses western [...]
There’s just something about a Kitchen Aid. The solid rightness of it. It’s just damn sexy.
Years ago, I put a Kitchen Aid (in cobalt blue, of course) on my Amazon list, thinking that maybe someday I’d get it for a present. This year, my husband’s dad and step mom got it for me. And I [...]
I was watching A Baby Story recently, a charming show chronicling the last few weeks of a pregnant woman and her quest for an ideal birth. Once the program begins, I cannot look away. It’s like a train wreck. I usually end up critiquing the actions of the parents-to-be prior to the birth, making [...]
I’m not a food blogger. For the record.
But, damn. My culinary co-conspirator came over last week to help make & devour some roasted vegetables. We sliced portabellos, red peppers, leeks, and eggplant, tossed them with olive oil and kosher salt, and roasted them in the oven until they were cruncy.
Well, except for the eggplant, which [...]
I’m tough. I’ve always been a stronger-than-average type of person, able to carry heavy things, accomplish tasks with an obsessive attention to detail, reach challenging goals. To be honest, I’m rather proud of this personal characteristic. I’ve gotten over a myriad of addictions; I’ve made my way through a heaping pile of emotional tragedies, broken [...]
My 16-year-old hand-held mixer has gone lame. It has one foot in the grave…err, one beater in the trash. This mixer has helped me create every brownie, every waffle, every cake, since my junior year in college. One side of the mixer isn’t working, and the other is making strange whirring noises and smelling of [...]
My mother kept a garden in our backyard in New England when I was a girl. She grew parsnips, carrots, tomatoes, and anything else that would sprout in the assortment of funky containers that crowded the shelves in her greenhouse. She’d then transplant the seedlings to the backyard. She would pick the tomatoes early, when [...]
I’m the Incredibly Growing Woman! My breasts grew from a 36C to a 40DD! I can shoot milk across the room with a single thought!
As you probably figured out, my milk came in; so Kelsey and I spend a lot of time feeding! Some good logical advice from the husband finally makes a few things [...]
